Agriculture in India happens to face several constraints and challenges especially in the areas of natural resource management as well as for application of modern technologies to achieve reduction in cultivation cost, lowering of the adverse environmental impact, better health management and value addition.

India's strategy for reducing poverty and hunger has always placed a great deal of importance on the agricultural sector, reflecting the fact that 70 percent of the population lives in rural areas and the overwhelming majority of them depend upon agriculture as their primary source of income. The focus of attention has of course changed over time.